Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018.

A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston features works by celebrated artist Kehinde Wiley that were conceived during the summer of 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and ...

Kehinde Wiley — the NYC-based artist who’s most famous for painting Barack Obama’s official portrait — is fighting back against sexual assault and abuse accusations by numerous men.

American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco on Tuesday, building on his now-famous 2018 portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama ...

open image in gallery Kehinde Wiley is the artist behind Barack Obama's official presidential portrait, which is now hanging in the Smithsonian (Getty Images) Chieke, the complaint goes on ...

It's part of the Moroccan museum's efforts to become a hub for African art ahead of the next year's opening of the Museum of the African Continent, across the street in Rabat. Wiley said that ...

American painter Kehinde Wiley stands in front of a portrait of ... of Power in Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, in Rabat, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) ...